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Fav commercial of the day-Boston Pizza’s “Eat one for me” 17 Apr 2013 | 04:07 am
I love the new Boston Pizza commercial. Why? Because it’s simple and to the point in this, what seems, very complicated world. The humour helps too! Unfortunately, I wasn’t too thrilled when I saw th...
5 Steps to Social Media Success 21 Sep 2012 | 11:07 pm
While doing some research on social media, I came across this factoid: Social media’s influence on driving business via the web is expected to surpass search engine optimization (SEO) in 2013, accordi...
5 Things To Do Before Creating Your Facebook Timeline 12 Jun 2012 | 07:29 am
Facebook Page for Canadian Advertising Museum In the past couple of weeks I’ve created two Facebook pages using the new Timeline. As of March 2012, Facebook introduced Timelines. If you haven’t alrea...
10 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing 17 Jan 2012 | 12:36 am
10 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing. This Mashable post has shares some great ideas for for using QR Codes.
More on Google Places 21 Sep 2011 | 03:57 am
Some pitfalls are possible with Google Places. Read more about Google Places from PC World. For the most part, however, I believe it is worthwhile.
Go Local With Places – Location-Based Marketing 19 Sep 2011 | 04:09 am
I recently looked into media for a chain of franchised restaurants to help with their local store marketing efforts. Along with traditional tactics, such as advertising in local community newspapers,...
Now you can get your QR Codes in Colour 9 Jul 2011 | 04:24 am
Since I wrote my post on QR Codes, I keep coming across more articles and blogs about QR Codes. This blog post, by Social Media Examiner, gives some good examples of their use and different providers....
Look Out Clios – Here Come the Facebook Studio Awards 23 Apr 2011 | 03:35 am
Many agencies live and die by the awards they win for their creative. Judged by people who work in the advertising, marketing communications and digital worlds, some favoured awards competitions are: ...
The QT on QR Codes 27 Jan 2011 | 12:47 pm
Have you seen these strange symbols yet? Scan This! Are you wondering what they are? They are Quick Response codes, or QR Codes. No big secret in Asia and Europe, until now, QR Codes have been on th...
Facebook: Are you sharing your data with non-FB sites unintentionally? 25 Jan 2011 | 07:48 am
Facebook Privacy: Check your “Instant Personalization” Setting The new Facebook privacy setting called “Instant Personalization” is in effect. The new setting shares your data with non-FB sites and...